Car construction



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Patented May 13, 1930 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALFRED C. SCHMOHL, OFBEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PRESSED STEEL CAR COMPANY, OFPITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY CAR CONSTRUCTIONApplication filed July 20,

My invention relates to cars, and particularly to the type known as canecars, which have open ends and little or no bracing at the sides.

An object of my invention is to provide a brace for the corner post ofcar which will hold that member rigid.

Another object of my'invention is to provide a corner post and brace fora car in which the post and brace for a portion of the length of thepost, form a box like structure to strengthen the connection between thepost and car underframe.

Referring now to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a portion of the end of the carembodying the post and brace construction of my invention; Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail plan view of the brace; Fig. 3 is an end elevation ofthe brace; Fig. 4 is a section taken along the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings where like reference characters refer tolike parts, reference character 1 indicates a car having end, sills 2,side sills 8, and corner posts t. Only a portion of the end of the carhas been shown but it is to be understood that the car is symmetricalabout the center line 1-1 of Fig. 1. In the preferred embodiment of theinvention, the tops of the corner posts are secured together by a tiemember 5 and tie members 7 spaced between the tie 5 and the end sill.Spaced transversely of the car are intermediate posts 6 secured to theend sill and tie members 5 and '7. A brace member 8 is attached to thelower portion of the corner post and the adjacent sill member. The bracemember 8 is made to extend beyond each side of the sill member andengage with corner post to provide greater rigidity in the post.

The post 4; is preferably made Z-shaped, having a portion 9 secured tothe end sill and a portion 10 spaced from the end sill and parallel withthe portion 9. The brace member 8 is also preferably made Z-shaped,having the portion 11 secured to the end sill and a portion 12 spacedfrom the end sill and eX- tending parallel thereto beyond each side andthe portion 12 is secured by means of rivets or other fastening membersto the portion 10 of the corner post. This construction provides 1929.Serial No. 379,724.

greater strength to prevent the bending of the post in a directionlongitudinal of the car and also provides a greater resistance tobending transversely of the car.

The corner post and brace have been shown in the drawings as being bothsecured to the end sill in order to give a greater capacity to the carfor a given length of underframe but it is to be understood that eitherone or the other may be placed on the side of the car if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a car construction an end sill, side sill, and corner postconnected together, a brace member connecting said corner post and endsill, said brace having a portion thereof spaced from said end sill andextending above and below said sill to engage with said corner post.

2. In a car construction comprising an end sill, side sill and cornerpost connected together, said corner post having a portion spaced fromsaid end sill, a brace secured to said end sill and having a portionspaced therefrom and a connection between said spaced portions of thepost and brace.

3. In a car construction comprising an end sill, side sill and cornerpost connected together, said corner post extending on each side of saidend sill, a Z-shaped brace member secured to one of said sills and tosaid corner post.

4. In a car construction comprising an end sill, side sill and cornerpost all connected together, a brace member secured to one of said sillmembers, said brace member and post having portions spaced from saidsill members to which they are secured and a connec tion between saidspaced portions.

ALFRED C. SCHMOHL.

